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REGION GROUP Major Shareholding Notification 2025

Jan 22, 2025

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Major Shareholding Notification

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Form 603 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B Notice of initial substantial holder

To
Company Name/Scheme
ACN/ARSN
1. Details of substantial holder (1)
Name
ACN/ARSN (if applicable)
The holder became a substantial holder on
21-01-2025
630725 558
RegionGroup
Region ReLtd (ABN 47 158 809 851),Region ManagementTrust (ARSN 160 612626),Region Retail Trust (ARSN 160 612 788)
First Sentier InvestorsHoldingsPtyLimitedACN630725 558 anditsrelated bodies corporate orassociateslistedinannexureA
RegionGroup RegionGroup
Region ReLtd (ABN 47 158 809 851),Region ManagementTrust (ARSN 160 612626),Region Retail Trust (ARSN 160 612 788)
630725 558
older on 21-01-2025

2. Details of voting power

The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Class of securities (4) Number of securities Person's votes (5) Voting power (6)
Fully Paid ordinary shares 58,234,893 58,234,893 5.01%

*Note these securities are comprised of 52,337,957 shares in which First Sentier Investors Holdings Pty Limited and its subsidiaries have voting power and 5,896,936 securities in which First Sentier Investors Holdings Pty Limited's ultimate parent, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. on and from 21 January 2025, has informed it that it has voting power prior to the date of this notice.

3. Details of relevant interests

The nature of the relevant interest the substantial holder or an associate had in the following voting securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest Nature of relevant interest (7) Class and number of securities
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty
Ltd ACN 133 312 017
Relevant interest under paragraph 608(1)(b) and/or 608(1)(c) of the
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), being a relevant interest arising from having the
power to control the exercise of the right to vote attached to securities and/or to
control the exercise of the power to dispose of securities in its capacity as
investment manager, as provided for under its investment mandates. In
addition, if any OTC derivatives, warrants or other securities (other than
ordinary shares or ordinary units (as applicable)) are referred to below in this
row, the relevant interest in respect of those securities arises under subsection
608(8) being an accelerated relevant interest held in the same capacity.
1,381,960
Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors
(Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114
194 311
Relevant interest under paragraph 608(1)(b) and/or 608(1)(c) of the
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), being a relevant interest arising from having the
power to control the exercise of the right to vote attached to securities and/or to
control the exercise of the power to dispose of securities in its capacity as
investment manager, as provided for under its investment mandates. In
addition, if any OTC derivatives, warrants or other securities (other than
ordinary shares or ordinary units (as applicable)) are referred to below in this
row, the relevant interest in respect of those securities arises under subsection
608(8) being an accelerated relevant interest held in the same capacity.
50,955,997
Fully Paid ordinary shares
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (MUFG) owns 100% of First Sentier
Investors Holdings Pty Limited (indirectly) and has informed First Sentier
Investors Holdings Pty Limited that it has a relevant interest in the shares noted
in this column. Accordingly, First Sentier Investors Holdings Pty Limited has a
relevant interest or voting power in those shares pursuant to section 608(3) or
section 12(2)(a) of the Corporations Act (as relevant). MUFG has not provided
any further details of that relevant interest - accordingly no transaction
information is recorded in Appendix B or holder information is recorded in
Section 4. Reference is made to any subsequent filing of MUFG which will
reflect this interest.
5,896,936
Fully Paid ordinary shares

4. Details of present registered holders

The persons registered as holders of the securities referred to in paragraph 3 above are as follows:

Holder of relevant
interest
Registered holder of
securities
Person entitled to be
registered as holder(8)
Class and number
of securities
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133 312 017 Citibank N A Hong Kong 126,246 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133 312 017 JP MORGAN CHASE 1,140,986 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133 312 017 Northern Trust Singapore 114,728 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 BNP Paribas Securities 1,495,154 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 Brown Brothers Harriman 8,722,312 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
INC
3,532,349 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 Citibank N A Hong Kong 17,973,615 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 JP MORGAN CHASE 2,043,648 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 Northern Trust Company 6,620,810 Fully Paid ordinary shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 Northern Trust Singapore 9,280,765 Fully Paid ordinary shares

State Street Global Advisors First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 (Australia) Limited 1,287,344 Fully Paid ordinary shares Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 5,896,936 Fully Paid ordinary shares

5. Consideration

The consideration paid for each relevant interest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and acquired in the four months prior to the day that the substantial holder became a substantial holder is as follows:

Holder of relevant
interest
Date of acquisition Consideration (9) Consideration (9) Class and number
of securities
Cash Non-cash
See annexure B to this notice

6. Associates

The reasons the persons named in paragraph 3 above are associates of the substantial holder are as follows:

Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Nature of association
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd
ACN 133 312 017
A wholly-owned subsidiary, and therefore related body corporate, of First Sentier Investors Holdings Pty
Limited
First Sentier Investors (Australia)
IM Ltd
ACN 114 194 311
A wholly-owned subsidiary, and therefore related body corporate, of First Sentier Investors Holdings Pty
Limited
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Each company referred to is an associate of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. under section 12 of the
Corporations Act

7. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

Name Address
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133 312 017 Level 5, Tower Three International Towers Sydney, 300 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo NSW 2000,
Australia
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN 114 194 311 Level 5, Tower Three International Towers Sydney, 300 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo NSW 2000,
Australia
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 1-4-5, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8330, Japan

Signature

print name Rachel Lim sign here

capacity Company Secretary
date 23-01-2025

Annexure A

This is Annexure A referred to in Form 603, Notice of initial substantial holder dated 21-01-2025 Rachel Lim Company Secretary

Dated the 23-01-2025

SCHEDULE

First Sentier Investors (Malta) Limited (Company Code C41267) First Sentier Investors (Malta) Holdings Limited (Company Code C41260) CFSIM Limited (Company No. 00153197) First Sentier Investors (Luxembourg) EDIF II GP S.Á.R.L (Company No. B204413) First Sentier Investors (Australia) Services Pty Limited (ACN 624 305 595) First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd (ACN 114 194 311) First Sentier Investors (Australia) Infrastructure Holdings Ltd (ACN 085 313 926) First Sentier Investors (Australia) Infrastructure Managers Pty Ltd (ACN 101 384 294) First Sentier Investors Strategic Investments Pty Limited (ACN 625 765 399) First Sentier Investors (Australia) RE Ltd (ACN 006 464 428) First Sentier Investors Asia Holdings Limited (ACN 054 571 701) First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd (ACN 133 312 017) First Sentier Investors (Luxembourg) EDIF I Feeders MC S.A.R.L (Company No. B134314) First Sentier Infrastructure Managers (International) Limited (Company No. 298444) First Sentier Investors (UK) IM Limited (Company No. SC047708) First Sentier Investors (UK) Services Limited (Company No. 03904320) First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited (CR No. 11541926) First Sentier Investors (Ireland) Limited (Company No. 629188) First Sentier Investors (Japan) Limited (Company No. 0104-01-093090) First Sentier Investors (Singapore) (Company No. 196900420D) First Sentier Investors UK Holdings Limited (Company No. 03904310) First Sentier Investors (UK) Funds Limited (Company No. 02294743) First Sentier Investors (Luxembourg) Infrastructure (B) GP S.A.R.L (Company No. B262476) First Sentier Investors (Luxembourg) EDIF I MC S.A.R.L (Company No. B128117) First Sentier Investors (Singapore) Holdings Limited (Registration No. 199901706Z) First Sentier Investors International IM Limited (Company No. SC079063) First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Nominees Limited (CR NO. 11541934) FSIB LTD (Registration No. 26193) Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc (Registration No. 0100-01-073486) Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Registration No. 0100-01-008770) SI Holdings Limited (Company No. SC109439) First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) AMC Limited (CR NO. 20492095) First Sentier Investors (Luxembourg) EDIF III GP S.A.R.L (Company No. B238701) First Sentier Investors EU Holdings Limited (Company No. 727873) AlbaCore Capital Group Limited (Company No. 727871) AlbaCore Capital Limited (Company No. 581750) AlbaCore Capital (UK) Limited (Company No. 10220978) AlbaCore Capital LLP (Company No. OC412196) FSSA Holdings Limited (Company No. UEN 202418662W) FSSA (Singapore) Limited (Company No. UEN 202421579R)

Annexure B

This is Annexure B referred to in Form 603, Notice of initial substantial holder dated 21-01-2025

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Dated the 23-01-2025
Company Secretary
Rachel Lim
Dated the 23-01-2025
Company Secretary
Rachel Lim
Dated the 23-01-2025
Company Secretary
Rachel Lim
Dated the 23-01-2025
Company Secretary
Rachel Lim
Dated the 23-01-2025
Company Secretary
Rachel Lim
Dated the 23-01-2025
Company Secretary
Rachel Lim
Holder of relevant Interest Date of Acquisition Consideration Cash Consideration non-cash Class and number of securities affected
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
23-09-2024 19,746.75 8,475 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
23-09-2024 117,217.64 50,308 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
23-09-2024 116,484.82 49,587 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
23-09-2024 90,918.93 39,021 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
23-09-2024 28,022.91 12,027 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
25-09-2024 47,159.80 20,068 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
25-09-2024 255,548.03 108,985 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
25-09-2024 996,448.55 424,961 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
25-09-2024 92,607.88 39,495 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
25-09-2024 297,032.23 126,677 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
25-09-2024 83,599.15 35,653 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
25-09-2024 367,990.57 156,939 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
25-09-2024 262,118.16 111,787 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
08-10-2024 47,195.57 20,791 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
18-10-2024 31,611.16 13,804 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
18-10-2024 14,186.55 6,195 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors RQI Pty Ltd ACN 133
312 017
01-11-2024 24,577.32 11,274 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
23-12-2024 6,969.97 3,224 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
24-12-2024 11,167.85 5,117 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
27-12-2024 6,260.96 2,879 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
31-12-2024 30,209.91 14,585 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
02-01-2025 27,899.54 13,401 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
03-01-2025 49,217.19 23,111 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
06-01-2025 44,068.22 20,559 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
09-01-2025 41,932.45 20,125 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
16-01-2025 28,780.78 13,369 Fully Paid ordinary
shares
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd ACN
114 194 311
17-01-2025 14,054.51 6,501 Fully Paid ordinary
shares